Monday, March 18, 2019

(1803) Something that I don't remember if I've said before about Daruma...


...is that every New Year's (and the period after it), shops are filled with special packaging featuring him so that the product (any product) will look more "New Year-ish". Here one such sample from this year featuring chewing gum, junk food, prepackaged sandwiches, notepads and stickers.

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)

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